Manufacture of sheet and wire glass



Aug. 31, 1926.- 1,597,953

c. P. BYRNES MANUFACTURE OF SHEET AND WIRE GLASS Original Filed un 19. 19 0 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 b 9 4 ,P v@

Aug. 31 192.6. 1,597,953

' C. P. BYRNES MANUFAC'I UREMGF SHEET. AND WIRE GLASS Original Fil u 19. 1 2 2 sheets-sheet 1 Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNITED, STATES- PAT T-orrica CLARENCE :e. BYRLNES, or SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANUFACTURE OF SHEET AND-WIRE Gil-Ass;

Application filed June 19, 1920, Serial no, .aso,11e. ;;a n wa Jane 27, 192: I

In the drawings,-referring t0 the form' of Fi'gurj'el, 2 represents the hearth or end .rportionof a glass tank furnacegin which the niolten. glass is' maintained:- .at. substantially the saine level. This may be, ;keptjhe ated in.

any? desirable manner, '3" is .ahorizontal bending roll which preferably f has? above it coacting. roll A, topress'the sheets together adjustable to regulate the with a mesh between.'- bepositively driven- ."or not, as desired, I Trolls engaging the edges of the sheets as they are drawn tOII'BIalIi their width. These rolls 'inay either be positively driven or may be idle rolls withfricti'on brakes which are amount-of drag 6,-'-' 6 designate I These rolls may imparted to the sheets.

' water-cooling; devices extending acrossthe bath at, each. .sidef'of -therising sheet. *7

of edge flrolls 5, thus: becoming, united with-. the underfl l surface 0f "the right hand sheet;

I The sheet with the wire .meshattached then;

passes-up between -'the bending rolls- 3.".and'

sheets, in I mb dd or top and bott'om surfaces of the" .wire' glass .10 indicates anydesirableff0rm( i-flattening and-f'pulli n-g. deyices"-.by iwhich the mesh is? flpassedqonthrough the .may be :cut' :into any;

I desirableisizes, 1-;

In the oper'ation,

feeds between a may; be intergeared 5' 51 flre sets of dg leer, thefend offw-hich I {sh I the sheets .-.are drawn up continuously, the wire mesh continuousl the right hand: pair offedge;

rolls, and the three layers"are joined at' the bending joint, thewirefm'esh' becoming embedded at the center or the'wireglass thus formed...

In Figure .1 2, the roll "of wire'mesh 7 is "beneath the hearth. .2. .andpasses up through a slotted nozzle 11. extending flip-- fwardly throughthe hearth. It thence passes over-a water-cooled roll-12, through the edg- I ing rolls '5, I "sheet. -'Ih'e coolers. 6 are here :"shown' as watereooled rollers, although" any .or all of where .'it joins the right hand shown as in Figure -j l,and the general opera-,

tionfisfthe same as in'the first form;

placed between the sheets-and, the mesh. is

'led' directly to the'fb ending'roll, thus .be'-'.

. coming embedded between the twosheets at the sameftimeu Parts similar .to' Figurefl aremarke'd with similar numeralsyvith the" letter fbll'appl-iedr "In this ease,-the burners 8?. are shown inmultipleto reheat the-ad; acent surfac'es'pfthe sheets before the wire" mesh engages there-with at the bending roll; In Fi'gure' A, lfshow- 'another form, gen erally similar to 'ltli'gure 2,; except that the wire-meshi-j'passes' directly over a water-j cooled roller'fi to the juncture at-{m t nding. roll-1 In; this ease, parts indicates a rollof wire Ineshwhich inthis i form isfdrawnjbetweentlie.righthand pair of the sheets marked. with the"; same numeral. -w ithf he oontinuous'lydr WlI-l-gWl a p ra y; of s e s bf I "the ffsheets'iof gl ass being. drawn, andjf is i-preferably wider,-

across through" intermediate portions fat '-glass and for e glass by forming 'bendingjthem in a horizontfal'fdireeti-on, and simultaneously zema. bedding; the. wire mesh therein, Wire "glassma'ythfis. Ib cheap1y a n'df, expeditiously 1 'f Certain =features ithe invention. 1 io'o' The wire mesh .fr'abrie'. may-be Y wider than" "he-,f's'airne' width ornarrower than so that. portions of the; wire meshyproj'ectbeyond the, edges or the} be partially cut- The t advantages of; inventionresult 5 Jfrom the 'ch'eap, simplea'nd efiectiye 'method j provided for ,"dr'awing sheet 4, where. it joins-another sheet,- both being. united between '1 the: bending roll and. the 'pre'sser'rol'labove it; 8rep-resents'aiheating' Ibur-ner in the form ofja pipe ieiitendingfbe- 5' tween thejsheets adjacent to thebendingroIl and'i reheating the adjoining ;faces of the order to provide moreli'efiective the wire mesh}? 9,9 -are"'fire'-" lspace'd intervalswhere theglass is to be? cut."- at the exit of'the le er, to facilitate cut tical direction from a bath of g draw the sheets,

ting of the sheets as the continuous feed progresses. The edge rolls 5 may extend across the sheet, the bending roll and its coacting presser roll may be employed to and other variations may be made, without departing from my invention.

I claim: v

1. In the manufacture of wire glass, the steps consisting of drawing a laver portion of glass upwardly from a molten bat-h, drawing another layer portion upwardly separate from the first layer portion, deflecting one layer portion, prior to uniting it with the other, feeding wire mesh between the glass layers, uniting the layers, and drawing the wire glass in a horizontal direction in a continuous manner. 1

2. In the manufacture of glass, the. steps consisting of drawing a layer portion of glass upwardly from molten bath, drawing upwardly another layer portion of glass separate from the first named portion, deflecting one layer portion separately from the other, and then bringingthe layers into contact, and drawing them in a generally horizontal direction in a continuous manner.

3. In the manufacture of wire glass, the' steps consistin of continuously directing a plurality of sheets upwardly in a general vertical direction from a bath of glass, bending the sheets into another direction at the place where one of said sheets first changes its general vertical direction, and continuously embedding the wire mesh between the sheets at said place, substantially as described.

4. In the manufacture of wire glass, the steps consisting of drawin a plurality of sheets in. a'general vertical irection, reheating the adjacent surfaces of the sheets, embedding wire mesh between them, and bending the combined layers over a bending device, substantially as described.

5. Inthe manufacture of wire glass, the stepsconsisting of drawing a plurality of sheets in a general vertical direction, reheating the adjacent surfaces of the. sheets, embedding wire mesh between them, bending the combined layers over a bending device, and fire polishing thesurface of the wire glass as it is formed, substantially as de; scribed.

6. In the-manufacture of wire glass, the method which consists in drawing a plurality of sheets upwardly in a eneral verass, unrolling a'roll. of wire .mesh at a level above the bath, and embedding said wire mesh between said sheets, substantially as described.

7. In the manufactureof wire glass, the method consisting in drawing a plurality of sheets upwardly in a general vertical direc tion from a bath of molten .'glass, bending them into a different direction, unrolling a;

,ten glass roller means for deflecti :flier into roll of wire mesh at a level above the bath andfeeding the wire mesh between the sheets, substantially as described.

8, In the manufacture of wire glass, the

steps consisting of drawing a layer portion of glass upwardly from a molten bath, drawing upwardly another layer portion'of glass separately from the first named ,portion, feeding wire meshbetween the glass layer portions, changing the direction of travel of the wire mesh 'rior-toJunitin'g 'the layers and the mesh, and thereafter uniting the three layers.

9. In the manufacture of wire glass, the steps consisting of drawing a layer portion of glass upwardly from the molten bath, drawing upwardl another layer portion of glass separately rom the first named portion, feeding wire mesh into contact with the inner face of one glass layer, and thereafter uniting the three layers and carrying them in "a generally horizontal direction. 7

10. In the manufacture of sheet glass, the steps consisting of drawing a sheet vertically from a bath of molten glass, acting upon the outer portions of the rising sheet with edge rollers while leaving its intermediate portion free, and deflecting the sheet'into an other path;at an angle to the vertical and horizontal after it asses the edge rollers.

11. In the manu acture of sheet glass, the steps consisting of drawing a sheet vertically' from a bath of molten'glass, acting. upon the outer portions of the rising sheet with edge rollers while leavin its ntermediate portion free, deflecting t e sheet into another path atan angle to the vertical and horizontal after it passes the edge rollers, and passing it over a roller engaging the intermediate portion of the sheet.

12. I In themanufacture of sheet glass,'the

1y from a and then deflecting it into a path'at an angle to both the vertical and the horizontal.

13. In glass-making apparatus, means for drawin a plurality of separate and disconnected at glass layers upwardly from molone of said layers independently of the another path, and means for bringing the two layers into contact and carrying them horizontally in a continuous manner.

14. In glass-making apparatus, means for drawin a plurality of separate and disconnected flat glam layers upwardly from molten glass,- roller means for deflecting one of said layers independently of the'other-into another path, and roller means-arranged to bend the other glasslayer in a horizontal direction to bringv the two layers into contact glass bath, engaging it by opposed rolling surfaces while traveling vertically,

and disconnected glass layers upwardly from wire mesh between them and carrythe wire glass in a horizontal direction.

16. In the manufacture of sheet glass, the steps consisting of. drawing a sheet verticallylfrom a glass bath, engaging it by opposed ro in then eflecting it into a tpath at an angle to both the vertical and e horizontal, and passing it over another deflecting roll which It acts to flatten the sheet, I

17. In the method of making wireglass, the steps consisting of continuously feeding molten glass to a heated receptacle wherein the glass rests as a liquidbath, continuously withdrawing from saidreceptacle. two spaced apart ribbons ofIglass while maintaining t e width thereof, brin 'ng the ribbons together at a point space apart from the receptacle, and-supplymg-wire mesh be- 2 tween the ribbons from a source lying within the-space defined b the receptacle and the ribbons extending t erefrom. '1

18. In the method of making wire glass, the steps consistin of continuously feedin'g 80 molten glass to" a eated receptacle wherein the glass rests as a liquid bath, continuously withdrawing from said receptacle two spaced apart ribbons of glass while maintaining the width thereof, brggin g the rib- 85 bons together at a point spa apart from the receptacle, and supplying wire mesh between'the ribbons from a source lying within the space defined ribbons extending refrom, the wire fabric 40 being supplied to the glass adjacent the point where the glass ribbons are brought together.

f a 19.. In the method. of making wire glass, the steps consisting of continuously feedin'g' molten glass to a heated receptacle wherein the glass rests as a liquid bath, continuously withdrawing, from 'said rece tacle two spaced apart ribbons (if glass whi e maintainsurfaces while travellng vertically, Y

.bg the receptacle and the t e ing the width thereof,'bringing the ribbons together at a point spaced apart from the receptacle, supplying wire mesh between the ribbons from a source lying within the space defined by the receptacle and the ribbons extending therefrom, the wire fabric being supplied to the ,glass adjacent the point wherenthe glass ribbons are brought together, and pressing together the ribbons with the wire fabric therebetween.

. 20. In apparatus for making wire glass, 7

a receptacle for molten glass, means for continuously feeding lass thereto, means for formin two spaced-ribbons of glass from the bat in thereceptacle and maintaining the widththereof, and a source of wire mesh fabric lying within the space defined by the receptacle and the ribbbons extending therefrom to the point of'union.

21. In apparatus for making wire glass; a receptacle for molten glass, means for continuously feeding glass thereto, means for forming two spaced ribbons of Lglass from the bath in--'the receptacle and maintaining the width thereof, a source of wire mesh fabric lying within the space define-d b the receptacle and'the ribbons extending t erefrom to the point of'u'nion, and means forpressingthe ribbons together with the wire.

mesh between them. 4 22. In the method of making wire glass,

the steps consisting of continuously feedin molten glass from a tank furnaceto a heated receptacle as that of the tank furnace, continuously withdrawing from said heated receptacle two spaced apart ribbons of glass while maintaining their width, bringing the ribbons together at a point spaced apart Y receptacle wherein the glass rests as a liquid bath, maintaining the same level in the from the receptacle, and supplying wire mesh between the ribbons from a source of mesh lying within the space defined by the heated receptacle and the ribbons extending therefrom. r 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. I

I CLARENCE P, 

